Salicaceae Salix sp.

Nitinaht - Other, Ceremonial Items

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 127

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Scientific name: Salix sp.
Common names:
Family: Salicaceae
Family (APG): Salicaceae
Native American Tribe: Nitinaht
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Items
Notes: Soft roots used by young boys and girls as pre-scrubbers in the first stage of adulthood training.

RECRD: 47378 id: 36239

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